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Wrapping Up — Flip, Out.

May 26th, 2009 2 Comments

This is the fifth and final post in my series of reviews of the BlackBerry 8230.  These were originally written in April, 2009 on an internal blog and are being reposted here.
It’s been a great three weeks testing out the Flip. I’ve really enjoyed playing with the phone and getting the chance to share the [...]

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Applications a Go-Go – Apps on the Flip 8230

May 18th, 2009 1 Comment

This is the fourth post in my series of reviews of the BlackBerry 8230.  These were originally written in April, 2009 on an internal blog and are being reposted here.
Since I wasn’t overly impressed with the email functionality built-in to the Flip’s mail program, when it came to Gmail integration at least, I thought I’d [...]

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Flippin’ Email

May 17th, 2009 2 Comments

This is the third post in my series of reviews of the BlackBerry 8230.  These were originally written in April, 2009 on an internal blog and are being reposted here.
I’ve been a BlackBerry user for the past 6 months or so, and before that I had used a couple of other Windows-based smart phones. The [...]

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Becoming Flip-Berry Proficient with SureType

May 15th, 2009 1 Comment

This is the second post in my series of reviews of the BlackBerry 8230.  These were originally written in April, 2009 on an internal blog and are being reposted here.
It’s been just over a week since my adventures with the Pearl Flip began and it’s been a week of exploration, discovery, delight and occasional frustration. [...]

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Flipping Open the Box on the Blackberry 8230

April 6th, 2009 1 Comment

I thought I’d start off my reviews by walking through the unboxing of the Flip so that you can all follow along with me as I begin my journey exploring this new handset.
I’ve made a concerted effort to avoid display stands that have the new flip on them so that I can channel all my [...]

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